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ordering [them] to make attacks with lances and to draw them out of the fortress and begin a war against them, if they happened to come out; but if not, at least to besiege and guard them in their fortifications. But the men of the cavalry, spreading a rumor that the emperor was fleeing and seized by fear, took to flight themselves, though no one was pursuing. But the Bulgars, seeing this, pursued after them and killed the majority with the sword, and wounded many. and pursuing them as far as the Danube and crossing it and coming to the place called Varna near Odessos and the hinterland there, having seen that the place was situated with great security, from the rear by the Danube river, and in front and on the sides by mountain passes and the Pontic Sea, and when they had also conquered the neighboring Sklavene tribes, the so-called seven tribes, they settled the Severians from the forward Beregaba pass towards the eastern parts, and towards the south and west as far as Avaria the remaining seven tribes, who were under pact; Therefore, when they had expanded in these areas, they grew proud, and they began to attack the forts and villages that were under the Roman state and to take captives. Wherefore the emperor, being compelled, made peace with them, having agreed to provide them with yearly tribute, to the shame of the Romans on account of the multitude of their sins; for it was a marvel to hear for those far and near, that he who had made all tributary to himself, both those in the east and west and north and south, was defeated by this foul and newly-appeared nation. But this man, believing this had happened to the Christians by the providence of God, having reflected in an evangelical manner, made peace; and until his death he was at rest from all enemies, having an exceptional zeal to unite the holy churches of God everywhere divided since the times of Heraclius the emperor and his great-grandfather, and of Sergius the evil-minded and Pyrrhus, who had unworthily led the throne of Constantinople, who had dogmatized one will and one energy in our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, striving to overthrow their evil doctrines, the same 360 most Christian emperor, having gathered an ecumenical synod of σπθʹ bishops in Constantinople, both confirmed the doctrines previously ratified in the preceding five holy and ecumenical synods, and voted for the pious doctrine of two wills and energies to be decreed at the same holy and most exact sixth ecumenical synod, which both the same most pious emperor Constantine and the pious hierarchs presided over. Leader of the Arabs, Azid, years γʹ. ροβʹ. χοβʹ. ιβʹ. αʹ. γʹ. In this year the holy and ecumenical sixth synod was gathered in Constantinople of σπθʹ holy bishops and fathers at the behest of the pious emperor Constantine. Years of the world ρογʹ. Years of the divine incarnation χογʹ. Emperor of the Romans, Constantine, years ιζʹ. ιγʹ. Leader of the Arabs, Azid, years γʹ. βʹ. Bishop of Constantinople, George, years ʹ. δʹ. In this year Constantine removed his brothers from the imperial power, Heraclius and Tiberius, and ruled alone with Justinian his son. ιδʹ. γʹ. εʹ. In this year Mokhtar the liar, having seized power, became master of Persia, and he called himself a prophet. And the Arabs were thrown into confusion. Leader of the Arabs, Marwan, year αʹ. ιεʹ. αʹ. ʹ. In this year Izid died, and the Arabs of Ethrib, thrown into confusion, rose up, having appointed a certain Abdela, son of Zouber, as leader for themselves. and the Phoenicians and those of Palestine gathered together, come to Damascus and as far as Gabitha to Asan, emir of Palestine; and they give their right hands to Marwan and establish him as leader, and he rules as emir for θʹ months. and when he died, 361 Abimelech, his son, succeeds to the rule, ruling as emir for καʹ and a half years, and

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κελεύσας παρακονδακίζειν καὶ ὑποσῦραι αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ ὀχυρώματος καὶ πόλεμον πρὸς αὐτοὺς κροτῆσαι, εἰ τύχοι αὐτοὺς ἐξελθεῖν· εἰ δὲ μή, κἂν παρακαθίσαι αὐτοὺς καὶ φυλάττειν ἐν τοῖς ἐρύμασιν. οἱ δὲ τοῦ καβαλλαρικοῦ τὸν βασιλέα φεύγειν διαφημίσαντες καὶ φόβῳ συσχεθέντες τῇ αὐτῇ φυγῇ ἐχρήσαντο, μηδενὸς διώκοντος. οἱ δὲ Βούλγαροι τοῦτο θεασάμενοι ἐπεδίωκον ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς πλείστους ξίφει ἀνεῖλον, πολλοὺς δὲ καὶ ἐτραυμάτισαν. καὶ καταδιώξαντες αὐτοὺς μέχρι τοῦ ∆ανουβίου καὶ τοῦτον περάσαντες καὶ ἐλθόντες ἐπὶ τὴν λεγομένην Βάρναν πλησίον Ὀδύσσου καὶ τοῦ ἐκεῖσε μεσογαίου, τὸν τόπον ἑωρακότες ἐν πολλῇ ἀσφαλείᾳ διακείμενον, ἐκ μὲν τῶν ὄπισθεν διὰ τοῦ ∆ανουβίου ποταμοῦ, ἔμπροσθεν δὲ καὶ ἐκ πλαγίων διὰ κλεισουρῶν καὶ τῆς Ποντικῆς θαλάσσης, κυριευσάντων δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν παρακειμένων Σκλαυινῶν ἐθνῶν τὰς λεγομένας ἑπτὰ γενεάς, τοὺς μὲν Σέβερεις κατῴκισαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἔμπροσθεν κλεισούρας Βερεγάβων ἐπὶ τὰ πρὸς ἀνατολὴν μέρη, εἰς δὲ τὰ πρὸς μεσημβρίαν καὶ δύσιν μέχρις Ἀβαρίας τὰς ὑπολοίπους ἑπτὰ γενεὰς ὑπὸ πάκτον ὄντας· ἐν τούτοις οὖν πλατυνθέντων αὐτῶν ἐγαυρίασαν, καὶ ἤρξαντο τὰ ὑπὸ τὴν Ῥωμαϊκὴν πολιτείαν ὄντα κάστρα τε καὶ χωρία ἐπιρρίπτειν καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζειν. ὅθεν ἀναγκασθεὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰρήνευσε μετ' αὐτῶν, ἐτήσια αὐτοῖς συμφωνήσας πάκτα παρέχειν ἐπ' αἰσχύνῃ Ῥωμαίων διὰ πλῆθος πταισμάτων· θαυμαστὸν γὰρ ἦν ἀκουόμενον τοῖς μακρὰν καὶ τοῖς ἐγγύς, ὅτι ὁ πάντας ὑποτελεῖς ἑαυτῷ καταστησάμενος, τούς τε κατὰ τὴν ἑῴαν καὶ δύσιν καὶ ἄρκτον καὶ μεσημβρίαν, ὑπὸ τοῦδε τοῦ μυσαροῦ καὶ νεοφανοῦς ἔθνους ἡττήθη. ἀλλ' οὗτος μὲν ἐκ προνοίας θεοῦ τοῦτο συμβεβηκέναι Χριστιανοῖς πιστεύσας, εὐαγγελικῶς διανοησάμενος εἰρήνευσεν· καὶ ἦν ἕως τελευτῆς αὐτοῦ ἠρεμῶν ἐκ πάντων πολεμίων σπουδὴν ἔχων ἐξαίρετον ἑνῶσαι τὰς ἁπανταχῆ διῃρημένας ἁγίας τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησίας ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων Ἡρακλείου τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ προπάππου αὐτοῦ, καὶ Σεργίου τοῦ κακόφρονος καὶ Πύρρου, τῶν ἀναξίως ἡγησαμένων τοῦ θρόνου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, μίαν τε θέλησιν καὶ μίαν ἐνέργειαν ἐπὶ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δογματισάντων, ὧν τὰς κακοδοξίας ἀνατρέψαι σπουδάζων ὁ αὐτὸς 360 χριστιανικώτατος βασιλεὺς σύνοδον οἰκουμενικὴν συναθροίσας ἐπισκόπων σπθʹ ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει, τά τε προκεκυρωμένα ἐν ταῖς προλαβούσαις ἁγίαις καὶ οἰκουμενικαῖς πέντε συνόδοις ἐπεβεβαίωσε δόγματα, καὶ τὸ τῶν δύο θελημάτων καὶ ἐνεργειῶν εὐσεβὲς θεσπισθῆναι δόγμα συνεψηφίσατο κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἁγίαν καὶ ἀκριβεστάτην ἕκτην οἰκουμενικὴν σύνοδον, ἧς καὶ ἐξῆρχον ὁ αὐτός τε πανευσεβὴς βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος καὶ οἱ εὐσεβεῖς ἱεράρχαι. Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Ἀζὶδ ἔτη γʹ. ροβʹ. χοβʹ. ιβʹ. αʹ. γʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει συνηθροίσθη ἡ ἁγία καὶ οἰκουμενικὴ ἕκτη σύνοδος ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει τῶν σπθʹ ἁγίων ἐπισκόπων καὶ πατέρων κατὰ ἐπιτροπὴν τοῦ εὐσεβοῦς βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου. Κόσμου ἔτη ρογʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη χογʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος ἔτη ιζʹ. ιγʹ. Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Ἀζὶδ ἔτη γʹ. βʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Γεώργιος ἔτη ʹ. δʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἀπώσατο Κωνσταντῖνος τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ τῆς βασιλείας, Ἡράκλειον καὶ Τιβέριον, καὶ μόνος ἐβασίλευσε σὺν Ἰουστινιανῷ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ. ιδʹ. γʹ. εʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει Μουχτὰρ ὁ ψεύστης τυραννήσας ἐπικρατὴς γέγονε τῆς Περσίδος, ἀπεκάλει δὲ ἑαυτὸν προφήτην. καὶ ἐταράχθησαν οἱ Ἄραβες. Ἀράβων ἀρχηγὸς Μαρουὰμ ἔτος αʹ. ιεʹ. αʹ. ʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἀπεβίω Ἰζίδ, καὶ ταραχθέντες οἱ Ἄραβες τοῦἘθρίβου διηγέρθησαν καταστήσαντες ἀρχηγὸν ἑαυτοῖς Ἀβδελᾶν τινα, υἱὸν Ζουβέρ. καὶ συναχθέντες οἱ Φοίνικες καὶ οἱ Παλαιστίνης ἐπὶ τὴν ∆αμασκὸν ἔρχονται καὶ ἕως τοῦ Γαβιθᾶ πρὸς Ἀσάν, ἀμηρᾶν Παλαιστίνης· καὶ δίδουσι χεῖρας δεξιὰς τῷ Μαρουὰμ καὶ ἱστῶσιν αὐτὸν ἀρχηγόν, καὶ ἀμηρεύει μῆνας θʹ. καὶ τελευτήσαντος αὐτοῦ, 361 Ἀβιμέλεχ, ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, διαδέχεται τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀμηρεύσας ἔτη καʹ ἥμισυ, καὶ